Introduction
I've become a comprehensive economic planning is "necessary" for all developing countries
seeking to exploit the economic resources and human resources to achieve high rates of
economic development, this sector led the foreign trade position "whatever in determining
the dimensions and the path of economic development plan overall, where exports
contribute directly to increase the national income, The imports are contributing indirectly
to raise the rates of growth of national income, through the empowerment of the national
economy to get the investment goods and production inputs needed for the development
process. therefore pleased to Central Bureau of Statistics to submit the annual report to
imports of government and private sector for 2013 we hope to have provided Information .
Data Sources
1 . commodity imports have been relying on electronic data sent from the Ministry of
Finance / General Authority for Customs.
2. imports of petroleum products ... has been relying on data CBI / Directorate General for
Statistics and Research / Department of balance of payments statistics based on data from
the Ministry of Oil / Oil Marketing Company.
Methodology of work
1. be received electronic data from the General Authority for Customs / Department
calculator to all ports except the border province of Kurdistan.
2. data is sorted and grouped by the type of material and the country of origin, and the
development of the classification code in the Directorate of Trade Statistics.
3. are compiled monthly and quarterly data for the preparation of the annual report and
the system Access.
4. value of imported goods (excluding oil and petroleum products) include the private
sector and the government sector and the ceremony deductible.
5. value is calculated at the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar in the current General
Authority for Customs and the equivalent of the dollar.
6. followed by Iraq (your system) when the collection and compilation of foreign trade data,
which means registration Item (statistically) through the entry or exit of the border
(points) customs and not territorial boundaries.
7. is evaluated exports - on the basis of (FOB) and imports are evaluated basis (CIF).
8. rounding: Figures rounded to the nearest decimal and this may lead to a mismatch with
the total sum of detail in some of the tables.
Methods of calculation
Ratio was calculated as the annual change in the following equation: R = [(X1 / X0) (1 / t1-t0) -1] * 100
t0, the base year t1, the comparison year X0, base-year data X1, R-year data comparing the
rate of change
Was calculated compound growth rate of the value of exports, as in the following equation
R = (((X1 / X0)) ^ (1 / (t1- t0))) -1) * 100
t0, the base year t1, the comparison year X0, base-year data X1, data comparison year
compound growth rate of R
Classifications used
1- (02 -HS) - System Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Second
Amendment) HARMONIZED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM
2- (BEC-04) - extended economic classification categories (Fourth Amendment)
CLASSIFICATION OF BROAD ECONOMIC CATEGORIES
Concepts and Definitions
 my country of origin - the country that manufactured or extracted or cultivated a
commodity. Regardless of the region, which was shipped from them.
 entry points - is the border areas of customs accepted for entry or exit of goods across
international borders into Iraq.
 weight - means the net weight of the commodity-based weight aType equation here.ny less
"than the weight of packaging materials and is expressed in kilograms.
 amount - the amount of goods imported or exported countable as the number of
televisions or cars or square meters of fabrics, and the size of the cube timber, etc. ..
 commodity classification - goods classified according to the Harmonized Commodity
Description business for the year 2002 (HS-02) HARMONIZED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION
AND CODING SYSTEM
 imports (CIF) - (COST INSURANCE AND FREIGHT) value of the item -High
And the services provided for the delivery of goods to the borders of the country of export
and the value of services provided for the delivery of goods from the limits of the country of
export to the borders of a country imports.
 Exports (FOB) - (FREE ON BOARD) is the value of goods and the value of services provided
for the delivery of goods to the borders of the country of export.